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Engineering research in Portugal

University of Lisbon ranks first in Portugal for Engineering research in 2022-now (#309 worldwide), followed by Universidade do Porto and University of Aveiro.

Portugal's world rank
#27
of 131 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
16k
Top-10% rate
10.5%
Ranked institutions
31

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Engineering in Portugal?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1University of LisbonLisbon #30934.012.6%1,988
2Universidade do PortoPorto #43030.210.9%2,373
3University of AveiroAveiro #56027.111.0%1,315
4University of CoimbraCoimbra #82722.611.4%1,069
5Institute for Systems Engineering and ComputersLisbon #83422.510.4%567
6University of MinhoBraga #84222.410.7%1,515
7Ministry of EducationLisbon #96720.816.3%173
8Universidade Nova de LisboaLisbon #1,01620.311.3%775
9Instituto Politécnico de LisboaLisbon #1,03320.18.8%418
10Institute of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial MangementPorto #1,05019.910.5%408
11Polytechnic Institute of PortoPorto #1,05419.88.7%515
12INESC TECPorto #1,23118.09.8%506
13University of Beira InteriorCovilha #1,46716.010.7%437
14International Iberian Nanotechnology LaboratoryBraga #2,31010.89.7%166
15Instituto Politécnico de LeiriaLeiria #2,5669.610.0%141
16Instituto Superior da MaiaMaia #2,7358.99.2%162
17Polytechnic Institute of BragançaBragança #2,7378.96.9%178
18Polytechnic Institute of CoimbraCoimbra #2,9847.810.0%120
19Polytechnic Institute of Viana do CasteloViana do Castelo #3,0737.516.4%86
20Iscte – Instituto Universitário de LisboaLisbon #3,1397.311.2%124
21National Laboratory of Energy and GeologyLisbon #3,3246.613.8%69
22UninovaCaparica #3,3656.58.5%80
23Instituto Politecnico de SetubalSetúbal #3,4266.39.5%63
24University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto DouroVila Real #3,4316.210.5%192
25Polytechnic Institute of ViseuViseu #3,4516.28.0%75
26University of ÉvoraEvora #3,7295.36.7%116
27National Laboratory for Civil EngineeringLisbon #3,9484.64.6%165
28Universidade Católica PortuguesaLisbon #4,3083.613.0%64
29Universidade LusófonaLisbon #4,3643.512.8%91
30University of AlgarveFaro #4,4793.29.0%108
31Rede de Química e TecnologiaPorto #5,48884.08.2%122

Institutions in Portugal above the floor of 40 fractional works in Engineering, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Engineering researchers in Portugal?

Jorge de Brito, João P. S. Catalào and Carlos Guedes Soares rank highest among researchers based in Portugal, on their papers in Engineering that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Jorge de Brito#17,319 worldwide overall201.3 of 532 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2João P. S. Catalào#76,374 worldwide overall209.9 of 894 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Carlos Guedes Soares#390,430 worldwide overall296.3 of 1,172 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4João Paulo Davim#91,609 worldwide overall121.4 of 340 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Rui Luís Reis#54,538 worldwide overall98.6 of 411 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Lucas F. M. da Silva#684,404 worldwide overall144.2 of 534 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Pedro Ponces Camanho#153,295 worldwide overall90.1 of 223 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Elvira M. C. Fortunato#207,291 worldwide overall89.9 of 467 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Rodrigo Martins#229,703 worldwide overall92.8 of 503 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Senentxu Lanceros-Méndez#721,412 worldwide overall115.1 of 539 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11João António Labrincha#167,655 worldwide overall57.2 of 188 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12João Filipe Mano#103,818 worldwide overall68.9 of 308 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues#73,110 worldwide overall86.6 of 401 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14A.J.M. Ferreira#476,070 worldwide overall87.6 of 278 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Rawaz Kurda#20,088 worldwide overall42.6 of 75 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Portugal on their work in Engineering alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How Portugal compares with other countries in Engineering